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MAHINB FOR MAKING BARBBD FENING.

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EDMUND JORDAN AND JOSEPH H. TEMPLIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO MICHAEL H. OASHMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BARBED FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,975, dated October 9, 1.888.

Application lcd VSeptember 17,1886. Serial No.213-500. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDMUND JORDAN and JosEPH H. TEMPLIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Klngs and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Barbed Fencing, of which the following is a specication.

rlhis invention consists of the hereinafterio described improvements in construction and organization of mechanism for operating the cutting and barbing devices invented by Edmund Jordan, and described in two applications for patents filed by him February 18, i 5 1886, Serial Nos. 192,343 and 192,344.; and it also consists ofimprovements in feeding mechanism therefor, all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aplan view of the improved mac hine with some of the parts in horizontal section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line x c, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is'a transverse section on line 'y y of Fig. 1. Flg. 5 is a detail of some of the feed mechanism in section on line a a of Fig. 1, and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a plan of the cutting and barbing devices as when closed on the strip with some of the holding and adjusting mechanism, part of which is in horizontal sec` tion. Fig. 7 is a face view of the working, cutting,and barbing devices, and of a slide carrying one of the barb-bending dies. Fig. 8 is a rear view of the opposing, cutting, and barbing devices, and of a slide carrying some of said devices which are movable. Fig. 9 is a detail of some of the bending-dies in section. F1g. 10 is a plan, with parts in section, of the cutting and barbing devices in the open posi- 4o tion with a strip between thcm,illustrating the operation of the barbing devices. Figs. 11 and 12 are face views ofthe working and stationary dies, respectively. Fig. 13 is a diagram ofa portion ofa blank strip to be barbed, showing the making of four barbed strips from one wide blank strip; and Fig. 14 is a detail in section on line w w, Fig. 1.

Referring, in the first place, to Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 for the proper understanding of the barbing mechanism and mode of operation of the same inventedby the said Jordan, the

said devices consist of a pair of shearing-dies,

a b, with oval or convex faces, as represented in Fig. 10, and having the cutting-edges c along the middle portion, and d near each end in different parallel planes, and diagonal edges e, connecting the ends of the parts c d, respectively, thc length of the whole of the cuttingedgethat is, from end to end of the diesbeing equal to the distance the barbs t-o be 6o produced are desired to be apart from center to center along the completed strips, and the distance of the planes of edges c d apart is equal to the width of the barbs. These dies make the first operation in the process of slitting and barbing two strips from one blank, and they are duplicated at a and b', together with other following-described duplicates for convertinga wider blank strip into four barbed strips at once, the duplicatesbein g located side 7c by side a suitable dist-ance apart for so cutting the wide blank f that said blank being subsequently slitted along the middle will develop in four barbed strips. Vith these dies the slits c, d', and e are iirst cut through 75 the strip, extending from one to the other of the dotted lines j, Fig. 10, the strip being fed a distance equal to the full length of the dies, or thereabout, at each operation that is, from c2 to rit-which leaves the in- 8o tervals of uncut webs 7c between the ends of the slits. Next following the first slittingdies are the male and female parallel-edged barb-cutting dies Z mi, cutting on one side of the strip, and similar dies, n 0, cutting on the other side, together being equal in length to the first dies and like them cutting a little less than the full length, asindicated bythe dotted lines p, so as not to extend beyond the ends of the first cuts, and still to leave theuncut webs 9o K at the ends of the said first long slits made by the first dies, and also to leave the uncut webs q between the cuts s, which they make ou one side of the barbs t, to partly sever them from the barb-strips u, to which theyl remain attached at the base. They also make the cuts o along the other side of the barbs of the other barb-strips, u', leaving said barbs connected at their base to the strip to which they belong.

The dies m and o consist of grooves of the roo width of the barbs in a llat face, while the dies Z m are corresponding oval-faced ribs on suitable movable stocks. These two pairs of dies complete the cutting of two barbs on each barb-strip to each long slit made by the first pair of dies, and part-ly bend them into the required lateral projection, which is perpendicular to the plane ol" the strip and alternately in opposite directions. After the operation of these second cutting-dies, the strip thus completely eut for the barbs proceeds to the two pairs of male and female bending-dies w It", suitably placed in the train for bending one pair of the cut barbs one way and the other pair reversely, which completes the cutting and bending of the barbs, leaving each two barbed strips joined by the webs k, which next rest between the bed-dies y and movable dies z, suitably located in the train to sever said webs. Then, when the duplicate cutters Z m and a o', duplicate benders wx, and webcutters y' e are used, together with the duplicate primary cutters a and b', as here shown,

the strip proceeds to the shears f f2, which l cut apart the middle web along its middle at g between the two barbed strips of each side of said middle web, and thus complete the process of producing the four barb strips from one blank. Both of the dies of each pair of the benders are movable and have sufficient range to clear the points of the bent barbs and allow them to pass freely, and the cutters b, lm, n, c, and f are also movable. Said cutters and the benders yw of the salue range are mounted in the slide b2, working in the ways 4e of thc bed-plate c1', and connected with the driving-shaft g2 by the rods h2 and eccentries '2 for being operated.

The opposite range of cutters a, Z, 0, y, and

j are arranged in ixed positions in the bed,

and. these and all the cutters and benders mounted on the slide If are detachabl y secured for ready removal,when required for grinding or repairs, by being clamped in bed recesses or grooves j", with the clamp-levers k2, fulcru n1-ba rs Z2, and the bindi iig-screws mi. They also have adjusting-screws ag behind them for setting them forward. The fulcrum-bars Z2 are strong iron beams attached to the slide and bed-plate, respectively, at the ends of the bars, and adapted to extend along over the stocks ofthe cutters a little above them, and being notched ate-inthelowersidetoseatthe fulcrumlevers, so as to retain them against displacement laterally. The points of the bindingscrews m are hardened, and they are seated in hardened-steel plates p2, suitably bedded in the slide and bed-plate, respectively.

The benders .t on the side of the movable range of cutters are attached t0 an independent slide, q2, adjusted in ways iu the slide b2 to move said benders up against the side of the stripfin advance of the rest of the movable dies, and both the benders :v and w on the side of the stationary range of cutters are attached to an independent slides?, having ways in the bed-plate and adapted to move them forward next after the advance of the benders on slide g, the object being to engage and secure the strip somewhat tixedly by the first pair of benders,@vzr, for staying it as lirml y as may be in advance of the action of the cutters, and thereby secure more accurate effect of the eutters than would be the case if all the movable dies, including the benders, were made to 0peratc in unison, as the range of the strip along the dies is so long i'rom one point of its support tothe other that it is liable to spring and vibrate in a manner that would interfere with the action of the dies.

The slide (f is connected to the bell-crank l2, and carries a frictionroller, u?, in its fork, against which the cam c2 on the dri ving-shaft works to thrust the benders forward. The other arm of the bell-crank carries the frictionroller uit, by which cam w5 draws said benders back. The slide s?, carrying the bendersin the opposite range of dies, is connected to the rock-lever t2 at the front ofthe machine, and connected by the rod y/'l with the forked rocklever a, which is at the back of the machine, and has friction-roller c in one arm ofthe fork, by which cam b thrusts said slide forward,and also has friction-roller c3 in the other arm ot' its fork, by which cam d draws back said slide.

The benders yw and a' are bolted onto the slides, and the female bendersa,` are made with both ends suitably grooved for service as benders, and they are attached so that they may be reversed, and the slides have a tongued shoulder, c, fitting the grooved ends for support et' the rear ends against the back-thrusts of service. i

For the construction ofthe primary slittingcutters a I) and their duplicates c and b it is preferred to use three pieces each for the working and stationary dies, divided lengthwise ot' the stocks and in the planes of the cutting-edges, so that of said pieces, one being plancd or milled lengthwise on both sides and the other two 0u one side, each in conformity with the lines c d c of the cutting-edges, said edges will be formed thereby in a simple and inexpensive manner, and being placed one upon another in their beds may be held by clamps without other fastenings, because of the interlocking of the rib and groove form of the sides of the pieces, which results from the shape ofthe cuttingedges.

In the male die the two side pieces are iliade a little shorter than the middle piece, and in the female die the middle piece is made alittle shorter for the proper projection 0f the cuttingedges. Besides the advantage of cheapness in construction, the parts may be regrooved, readjusted, and renewed separately.

For the construction of the parallel-edged barb-cutting dies, three pieces are used in like manner as in the primary slitting-dies, and the grooves constituting the female dies are formed by making channels in the side and the middle pieces the whole length ol" the same, which channels are filled with lat strips to a short distance from the cutting edges for packing back of said cutting-edges, and the oval-faced- IIO ribs of the male dies consist of projecting ends of other fiat pieces packed in similar channels of the said side and middle pieces. (See Figs. 7 and 8.) By this contrivance the male and female barb-cutters and their duplicates of each range of dies are all mounted in one stock and secured by one clamp for simplicity and economy of construction; but, while thus arranged, it is desirable to be able to adjust the male dies independently of the female dies in the same stock. The flat strips of the said male dies are therefore extended a short distance back of the rear ends of the three clampingpieces into the slitsf of a follower, g3, placed behind the stock and bored coincident with said slits, so that the adjustingscrews h3 will only affect said strips and dies, while another set-screw, is, acting directly against the follower, will shift the whole stock together when it is desired to adjust the female dies, which it is not so important to adjust separately.

The male bending-dies w consist .of projections of thin hat plates clamped in a stock of three parts, as represented in Fig. 9, which stocks are bolted to their respective slides, as the stocks of the female benders are; but they are not reversible.

In the connection of the slide b2, which carries the range of working-cutters to the rods h2, the bearing boxesj and adj Listing-wedges 7d" are introduced between the ends of the said rods and the bottoms ofthe forks,in which they are pivoted to relieve the connectingpivots of the shocks of the dies, the shocks being in this case sustained by the ends of said rods and the bottoms of the forks and the pivots being only subject to the service of drawing the slide back. For presenting` the strips to these dies the grooved guide rolls Z" are employed, to iutroduce the strips to fced-rolls m3, said guiderolls consisting of two pairs arranged to carry the strips edgewise vertically, and each pair being mounted on a rocker, a3, which rockers are provided with a spring device, o, and a lever, p3, whereby they are shifted by turning the rockers on their pivots,so as to increase or diminish the vertical space between the rolls of each pair to grip or release the strips, and the spring device automatically holds the guide-roll to the edges of strips that may vary in width. The feed-1ollsm,wliich are located between the guide-rolls and the dies, are set upright in suitable relation to the guides and said dies for forcing the strips along, the rolls being geared together by the toothed wheels g3, and one has the ratchet-wheel s3, as usual in such feeding-rolls,and it also has a friction disk, t, and clamp-brake ai' to prevent backlash.

For working the pawl w3 to operate the feed rolls, a slide, rv, is arranged in suitable ways, y, and connected to the driving-shaft g2 by an eccentric, .eiland rod atto which slide the pawl lever b* is connected by the rod c4 and adjustable block dt, suitably for shifting the pawl forward or backward, as required, for adjusting the rolls. Besides these feed-rolls, there is also another pair, c, substantially the same'exccpt that they are grooved to pass the projecting barbs located on the delivery side of the ma chine, to be used in conjunction with them for taking effect on the barbed strips for more positively feeding the strips, and particularly for use when the rear ends ofthe strips have passed beyond the rolls in, which cannot feed them entirely through the machine. It is desirable to be able to separate these rolls c" at times, as for the starting of new strips between them, or in case a barb happens to get bent in a manner to obstruct the passage. For this purpose the journal-boxes fof one roll are fitted in slideways g, and are connected by the toggle-links la to the housings at h5, and the links are connected to a working-rod, z'i, having a cam-lever, j, and a spring, 705, by which said roll may be shifted back by turning down the lever and be closed up again by raising the lever. A friction-brake lever, t, is arranged to be readily pressed up against the face of balance-wheel m5 by pressing the lever with the foot to stop the machine quickly when the driving-belt is thrown off.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In the combination of barb cutting and bending dies comprising two ranges or series of cutting and bending dies, substantially as herein described, the benders having independent slides, and operating mechanism geared, as set forth, to close said benders on the strip in advance of and so as to gage the strips for the subsequent action of the rest of the said dies.

2. The combination of clampbars, clamplevers, and clamp-screws, with the dies arranged in hed-grooves, substantially as described.

3. The duplicate primary slitting-cutters, consisting of three pieces having the joining surfaces in conformity and coincident with the cutting'cdges, substantially as described.

4. The male and female barb-cutters, consisting ofthe channeled middle and side pieces, with packing-strips terminating short of the edges of the female cutters and projecting strips for the male cutters, substantially as de scribed.

5. The female benders consisting of duplicate groovcd-ended pieces reversibly secured to the slides, substantially as described. j

6. The combination of the tongued backingpiece with the female benders, consisting of duplicate groovedended pieces reversibly secured tothe slides, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the barbcutters, consisting ofthe channeled middle and side pieces and packing and projecting strips, of the follower having slits and holes for the project-ing strips, independent adjusting screws for said projecting strips, and an independent adjusting-screw for the follower, substantially as described.

S. Thecombination, with the cutter-slide IOC IIC

and the connecting rods for working it, of thrust boxes and adjusting screws in the forks ofthe slide, substantially as described.

i). The combination of the cutter-slide and cutters thereon,c0nnectingrods,drivi11g-shaft, the bender slide fitted in ivnys on the cutterslide, bellcrank connected with the bender slide, und the cani on the drivingshaft operating said bell-crank, substantially as described.

10. The combination ofthe slide and benders thereon in the stationary range of dies, rock lever, connecting-rod, forked lever, and ('nms on the driving-shaft working said slide, with the euttenslide, independently-moving bender inthe cutter-slide,connectinglrod, bellcrank, and the earn for Working the bell-crank :ind bender-slide, substantially as described.

11. The combination, substantinllyasherein dcsciibed, of two pairs of guide rolls, pivol'ed rocker-supports of' the rolls,opening-lever,and closinespring` with the feed-roll and bendingdies.

12. The combination, substantially as herein described, of guide rolls, feed rolls, barbing z5 cutters and benders, and the successive feeding and delivery rolls.

13. The combination, substnntiallyztsherein described,ofguiderolls, plein feed-rolls, barbing cutters :1nd benders,m1d the successive grooved feeding and delivery rolls.

14. The combination, substantially asherein described, of the reciprocating slide, and the adjusting-block thereon, with the connectingrod, pztwl-lever, feed-pawl, and ratchet-Wheel of the feederolls.

15. The combination of the toggle mechanism,opening-1cver,and closing-spring with the feed-rolls having one of said rolls journaled in sliding boxes, substantially as described.

EDMUND JORDAN. JOSEPH H. TEMPLIN. Witnesses for J orden: ROBERT I. HULL, WILLIAM D. PATTERSON. Vitnesses for Templin:

W. J. hfoRGAN, S. H. MORGAN. 

